How to Do Basic Merengue Footwork

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Rodney Lopez and this is my lovely partner Amelia Maldonado. We're here at Dance Manhattan Studios here in New York City, and today we're going to teach you the merengue. Gentlemen, you're going to start with your left foot. You always start with your left foot. Ladies will start with their right foot. The first thing you want to do is just get the basic rhythm. Rhythm in merengue is 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4. You just want to get used to marching in place first. We're just going to go 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 1, 2, 3, 4. You're just going to shift your weight in even time. Just left, right, left, right. While ladies, you're stepping in place, right, left, right, left. It's important that when the lady is stepping with the right foot, the man is stepping with his left foot and you're moving at the same time. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4. For the men it's left, right, left. For the ladies it's right, left, right, left. Always keeping in time with the music and making sure that you and your partner are in sync. "